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Baptized with the soil : Christian agrarians and the crusade for rural America /

This history of the Protestant commitment to rural America shows how mainline Protestant churches and ecumenical organisations came together in the 20th century to oppose industrial agriculture. In its stead, Christian agrarians believed the health of the nation depended on small rural communities a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowe, Kevin M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Rural churches > United States.
Farm life > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Country life > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Vie à la ferme > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Écologie humaine > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
20th Century.
United States.
History.
Christianity.
RELIGION.
Country life > Religious aspects > Christianity
Farm life > Religious aspects > Christianity
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity
Rural churches
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This history of the Protestant commitment to rural America shows how mainline Protestant churches and ecumenical organisations came together in the 20th century to oppose industrial agriculture. In its stead, Christian agrarians believed the health of the nation depended on small rural communities and family farms, and that farming was the most moral way of life. The book explores their philosophical and theological support for agrarianism.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190249472
0190249471